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Title: Tires for a 1965
Post by: CadillacTom on July 04, 2025, 10:02:32 AM
Has anyone used SURETRAC tires on their car? I have a 1965 De Ville and I'm
looking for a set of 235/75R15 1.5" whitewalls. Any experiences with this brand?
Title: Re: Tires for a 1965
Post by: Big Fins on July 04, 2025, 10:43:40 AM
I put them on a 1969 Fleetwood. I bought them through Amazon. The only thing I had a complaint about was the whitewalls would darken from bleed through. They would clean right up, but every time you washed the car, the whitewalls had to be scrubbed.
Title: Re: Tires for a 1965
Post by: Eric DeVirgilis CLC# 8621 on July 04, 2025, 10:55:15 AM
Had several sets of Suretracs installed on different cars. Nothing wrong performance wise, but very difficult to keep the whitewalls white as mentioned above. However, I will say that on the last set I installed two years ago on a '76 ELC, it issue was far less pronounced so maybe they've improved since my first experience with them four years earlier.
Title: Re: Tires for a 1965
Post by: Jon S on July 04, 2025, 12:29:21 PM
My son has them on his car. Whitewalls constantly turn brown. He's tried everything - the brown bleeds from the inside.
Title: Re: Tires for a 1965
Post by: Big Fins on July 04, 2025, 01:09:08 PM
Great tires! Smooth riding, quiet, held the road great in the rain, just the complaint about the whitewalls and it seems to be across the board with them.

I have Vogue tires now on my '76 ELC and while not near as bad as the Suretracs, it has to be in the layering of the rubber compounds when the tires are manufactured. It is still annoying though.